All good points Penguinisto. However - don't you find the typical runway model shape tedious and redundant?

Here's an example - I'm a frequent T.V. watcher because I love to break down media, ANYWAY - I've seen so many "dime a dozen" supermodel body types that I only find so called physically "perfect" woman marginally appealing now (years of desensitization due to incesant archtype overkill). Oh don't get me wrong - they're still attractive to me, just not as much so as when I was 18. I now find myself more compelled to notice female body forms that have an imperfect, earthy, "real life" ambience, like a lady that's a tad bit grungy, a tad bit chunky, and with not so much "perkiness" to certain aspects of their charms. It could be that I'm now technically middle aged and my tastes are changing - but I think it's more of a maturity of perspective really, rather than chronology. Perfect just gets REEEAAALLLY boring man.

I think designing figures - AND the clothing - unless your doing SCI FI or a period type of thing - should reflect reality a little more. For no other reason than the fact that you can't bog your work down with TOO MUCH out there stuff. You really do need standard stock, and more germain to the topics of the thread - you need figures that are COMPLETE - and not in piece meal parts and components.